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Fragile Cargo

Not entering among those sterile walls
your mind is firmly resolute with decision

not wanting to be cutted
you are leaving your life
in hands of earth

but will you be wise enough
to ask her a right questions
determined enough 
to hear the answers

I know you are afraid
not feeling your body as your own anymore
it is still your body
and those cuts maybe aren't happiest solution
they are definite one

I know you are afraid
feeling is well known

like you are broken
damaged
devoided from fitting in socially constructed frame of  'normal'
but normal is social construction 
receptive for modifications

your body isn't all of you

it is that perfect cloak for your soul
and cloak has that habit to become worn out
needing some repairs
there is nothing stigmatic about that

here ... take my hand
let's be labeled 
together
we'll wear that yellow badge  
despite their bigotry

don't be afraid
and don't let your ego choose instead of you

tired of departures, yet
aware that you have your own path
I'll esteem your decisions
because I love you

please don't die on me

Copyright © Sanja Cokolic | Year Posted 2015

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Keith Bickerstaffe Date: 11/25/2015 3:27:00 PM Very well written... I love 'normal is social construction,' (ain't it the truth!) If more people realized that the world would be a better place, and 'take my hand, let's be labelled together.' A song of hope and encouragement from one friend to another. SUPERB Sanja! Best wishes, Keith a 7 Login to Reply Sanja Cokolic Date: 11/26/2015 3:49:00 AM majority still don't realise that even the weakest link in the world has its purpose :)

Sara Kendrick Date: 8/10/2015 6:55:00 AM Emotive and expressive work..I enjoyed reading this one today..Welcome to soup.. Sara Login to Reply Sanja Cokolic Date: 8/11/2015 7:44:00 AM Dear Sara, thank You for the reading <3

Eric Boddie Date: 8/4/2015 5:08:00 PM it is rare to see such honesty....confessed so admonishingly....at least not to this degree....I like your style, what more will I see....;) Login to Reply Sanja Cokolic Date: 8/5/2015 3:58:00 AM that honesty comes with price, but at least I am still me ;) thank you for the reading :)

James Inman Date: 8/4/2015 1:41:00 PM Lovely, rather haunting poem. I feel your emotions but I'm left a bit confused on what the poem is about. Perhaps it is due to cultural differences, I am very familiar with self cutting in young people here in the U.S. but this seems to suggest mutilation (perhaps in a religious context, i.e., female circumcision) or gender reassignment surgery. Forgive me for my ignorance. Login to Reply Sanja Cokolic Date: 8/4/2015 3:23:00 PM thank you :) James Inman Date: 8/4/2015 2:28:00 PM Quite insightful, thank you for clarifying that. That was one of my thoughts. If someone close to you is going through this I wish the best for her. Sanja Cokolic Date: 8/4/2015 2:22:00 PM for me - it is about breast cancer and social perception of the illness ... but that is the beauty of poetry, one poem can have many interpretations :) thank you for the reading :)